Recent Practice and Theory

TRAMA

In this volume are papers selected from the 1982 Annual Confer­ ence of the American Association for the Study of Mental Imagery, as well as several others that were later invited. This conference, a yearly one, was held at the University of Southern California. Participants and invited speakers come from around the country and present current material on the status of theory, research and practice involving imagery. These conferences began in 1979 and typically have attracted two hundred or more persons. In the opening paper by Paul Bakan we have a discussion of imagery from an historical perspective. He traces the various attitudes toward imagery starting with biblical times and argues that the behaviorist revolution and its antagonism towards imagery were likely reflective of more than a negative ·attitude toward imagery as a consequence of its being associated with consciousness and mental­ istic concepts. We have apparently been ambivalent towards imagery over the millenia. He closes with some suggestions of how we may more happily resolve this situation.

SOMMARIO

Some General Issues.- Imagery: A Historical Perspective.- Imagery Processing During Hypnosis: Relationships to Hypnotizability and Cognitive Strategies.- History and Frequency of Reported Synesthesia.- Therapeutic Interventions.- The Use of Imagery in Group Psychotherapy.- The Clinical Use of Psycho-Imagination Therapy in the Treatment of Sexual Jealousy.- Psycho-Imagination Sandplay.- Mental-Imagery Methods in Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy.- The Pre-Symbolic Structure and Therapeutic Transformation of Hallucinations.- Imagery in the Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Psychosomatic Disorders.- Imagery Activities in a Creative Arts Class for Elders.- Covert Modeling: Imagery-Based Rehearsal for Therapeutic Change.- General Development.- Imagery in the Schools: Some Things We’ve Learned.- The Uses of Relaxation and Mental Imagery to Enhance Athletic Performance.- Aromas.- The Experiences Accompanying Olfactory Stimulation.- Effects of Olfactory Stimuli and Brief Relaxation Induction on Imagery.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781468451481
• Dimensioni: 254 x 178 mm Ø 456 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: X, 221 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 221
• Pagine Romane: x